[address-policy-wg] 2015-01 New Policy Proposal (Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations)

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Elvis Daniel Velea wrote:

> I'm waiting to get the feeling of the community on this proposal before 
> starting a discussion on the members-discuss mailing list about the M&A 
> procedure.

My gut feeling is that I do not want new LIRs created to acquire a /22, 
immediately transfer it out, and close the LIR. Considering the market 
price on IPv4 addresses I have seen and the cost of creating a LIR, this 
would be below market price.

Thus I support any measure that brings the /22 last /8 policy more in line 
with market prices for IPv4 addresses, for instance by requiring that the 
LIR exists and fees are paid total over the life of the LIR that'll bring 
the cost-per-address closer to reality.

If the current proposal means the minimmum cost of creating a new LIR, 
getting /22 and closing it down is 2000EUR signup fee and 2*yearly fee 
minimum (currently 1600EUR yearly fee according to 
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-620) for a total of 5200 EUR, I am 
fine with that.

I would also be fine with a one-time fee for the last /22 if that would 
make things easier.

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se